President John Agyekum Kufuor on Saturday inaugurated the 21.2 million-dollar refurbished Golden Tulip Kumasi City, formerly the City Hotel, one of the nation’s foremost prized assets in the hospitality industry.
With this, Kumasi, which is one of the venues for the “Ghana CAN 2008” Tournament is now ready to play host to its expected share of […]

Twenty new hotels have applied for registration in preparation towards Ghana 2008 in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis.
Additionally, individuals have registered 20 home lodges and several guest facilities to accommodate the fans.
Mr Mike Kpimgbi, Principal Resource Officer of the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB), disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Takoradi on […]

The Ministry of Tourism and Diasporan Relations would in the middle of this year commence a comprehensive training programme for artisans in the country.
The programme is meant to upgrade the skills and build the capacity of artisans to ensure that they adopted the best of practices in their works.
Mr. Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, the sector Minister disclosed […]

Mr. William Ayambire, the Northern Regional Manager of the Ghana Tourist Board, has appealed to food vendors and drinking bar operators to take advantage of the 2008 African Cup of Nations to held in the country this month to market popular Ghanaian dishes.
He cited that Fufu, Banku and Tuo Zafi,(TZ) prepared with groundnut soup and […]

The annual ‘Djama’ or street procession of fishermen’s groups with songs and other artistic performances to climax the Christmas and New Year festivities was held at James Town in Accra at the weekend.
A total of 13 cultural groups in their colourful jerseys provided for the occasion by the MP for the Odododiodoo constituency, Mr Jonathan […]

Mr. Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, on Thursday urged Ghanaians to take advantage of the hosting of the 2008 African Cup of Nations tournament and showcase the country’s rich cultural heritage to promote tourism.
He also appealed to hoteliers to demonstrate the proverbial Ghanaian hospitality to visitors who would come to the country for the […]